Who Can Get OSAP? Ontario residents who are protected, permanent or Canadian citizens are eligible for OSAP. Eligibility and specific funding are based upon parental …show more content…
Recipients can choose to use money borrowed from OSAP to pay for any costs related to postsecondary education as long as your original application remains true-this means you must notify OSAP if your living situation changes, you stop attending a postsecondary institute or if your parents financials change-. Specifically OSAP can pay for tuition, residence, books, meal plans, transportation, entertainment costs, ect. Financial advisors will explain that although it seems like free money now, you do have to pay all of this money back so do not waste money on materialistic …show more content…
As my father has worked for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for almost twenty years as his dependant I am eligible to apply for one of thirty-eight $1,500 scholarships. Requirements for the scholarship include that the applicant is in grade 12 and attending postsecondary after they graduate, or currently enrolled in a post-secondary program and have not already received a scholarship from TTC113. Applicants are chosen by their grade 12 academic standings, the highest averages of your top six marks will be rewarded. To apply the student must fill out an application form and have proof that you are the dependant of a TTC employee or retiree and have the TTC member submit it to the division they work/worked